killdeer

kill·deer

K0058800 (kĭl′dîr′)n. pl. killdeer or kill·deers A New World plover (Charadrius vociferus) that has a distinctive noisy cry and two black bands across its breast.

[Probably imitative of its call.]

killdeer

(ˈkɪlˌdɪə) n, pl -deer or -deers (Animals) a large brown-and-white North American plover, Charadrius vociferus, with two black breast bands and a noisy cry[C18: of imitative origin]

kill•deer

(ˈkɪlˌdɪər)

n., pl. -deers, -deer. a common New World plover of farmland and meadows, Charadrius vociferus, having two black bands around the upper breast. [1725–35, Amer.; imitative]

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killdeer - American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cryCharadrius vociferus, kildeer, killdeer ploverplover - any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipersCharadrius, genus Charadrius - type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers

killdeer

killdeer,

common North American shorebird related to the ploverplover
, common name for some members of the large family Charadriidae, shore birds, small to medium in size, found in ice-free lands all over the world. Plovers are plumpish wading birds with pigeonlike bills and strong markings of black or brown above with white below.
..... Click the link for more information. and the sandpipersandpiper,
common name for some members of the large family Scolopacidae, small shore birds, including the snipe and the curlew. Sandpipers are wading birds with relatively long legs and long, slender bills for probing in the sand or mud for their prey—all sorts of small
..... Click the link for more information. . It is about 10 in. (25 cm) in length and its plumage is grayish brown with a double black band across a white breast. Its simple nest is a depression in the soil or gravel. The killdeer is classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Charadriiformes, family Charadriidae.

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noun American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry

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